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Megacephalic :: Megacephalic (a.) Alt. of Megacephalou.

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A Christian sect without a leader.

Acephalist :: Acephalist (n.) One who acknowledges no head or superior.

Acephalan :: Acephalan (n.) Same as Acephal.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Wanting the beginning.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a leader or chief.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries..

Mesocephalic :: Mesocephalic (a.) Having the cranial cavity of medium capacity; neither megacephalic nor microcephalic.

Acephalocystic :: Acephalocystic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts..

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.

Encephalous :: Encephalous (a.) Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.

Acephala :: Acephala (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca..

Acephal :: Acephal (n.) One of the Acephala.

Acephalocyst :: Acephalocyst (n.) A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin..

Acephalan :: Acephalan (a.) Belonging to the Acephala.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry..

Maleo :: Maleo (n.) A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs..

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Headless.

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